Para USA (formally Para-Ordnance) manufactures a number of high-capacity double stack variations, including the P13, P14 and the LDA (Light Double Action). Modern incarnations include models built by Colt, responsible for the M1911A1, Commander and Officers series, and Springfield Armory which faithfully continues building 1911's based on their original designs. The M1911A1 remains alive in the hands of many gun enthusiasts and many U.S. Due to the high price of the SIG-Sauer's magazines, the Beretta 92F was chosen to replace the M1911A1, a highly controversial decision to this day. Military held new handgun trials, during which they tested numerous pistols, the finalists being the SIG-Sauer P226 and the Beretta 92F. However, it should be noted that at the time that the military began looking for a new sidearm, no new M1911s had been purchased since 1945 (note this statement only applies to large contract orders, many small special purpose purchases have been made for 1911 pattern pistols since).
The M1911A1's power and reliability kept it in circulation through the Korean and Vietnam Wars before the pistol began showing its age. military besides Colt, including Remington and Springfield Armory. Many companies manufactured the M1911 for the U.S. The new firearm was called the Colt M1911A1. After World War I, the military modified the M1911 design to optimize it for combat, adding a slightly larger ejection port, shortening the trigger, extending the grip safety tang to help prevent "slide bite", and adding an arched mainspring housing to allow the gun to better fit in the user's hand. During initial testing in the military trials, the M1911 fired 1,000 rounds flawlessly, becoming the first self-loading pistol to pass with a 100% grade. The end result was the M1911.īrowning sold the pistol to Colt, the first major company that would market the handgun. Browning had combined traits of his former pistols and built a prototype around the recently-developed. 45 caliber pistol was adopted into the U.S. Designed by John Moses Browning in 1910 with patent dates going as far back as 1897, the. The 1911 pistol is considered by many gun collectors and veterans to be the greatest self-loading pistol ever made and the grandfather of the modern handgun, which despite its age is still used alongside modern pistols today. Various capacities for clone copies.įire Modes: Semi-automatic (single action) 45 GAPĬapacity: 7+1 (original), 8, 9, 10, 15,(all single stack magazines for original M1911A1) 30-round drum. Various additional calibers in slide conversion units and clone copies including.
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